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leftieNanner
(15,796 posts)As Ilya Kuriakin. Man from UNCLE.
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debm55
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Silver Gaia
(4,925 posts)He was the first!
flor-de-jasmim
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nycbos
(6,422 posts)Yes I am that dorky.
debm55
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MaryMagdaline
(7,931 posts)debm55
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BlueKota
(3,790 posts)LymphocyteLover
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debm55
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LSparkle
(11,884 posts)I liked him more as Bruce Wayne though ... 😁
debm55
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mucifer
(24,982 posts)He turned into a cute little old Jewish man
debm55
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KitFox
(152 posts)on “Ozzie and Harriet”. He would sing and play his guitar at the close of episodes. Whoa this really proves how ancient I am!😄 Thanks for your fun posts, debm55!
crazylikafox
(2,836 posts)Me too
debm55
(40,856 posts) debm55. Glad to finally be a member!
red dog 1
(29,770 posts)
red dog 1 ! After reading here for years, it is nice to finally be a member. 😊
livetohike
(23,144 posts)he did after that.
debm55
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wryter2000
(47,659 posts) MiHale
(11,082 posts)Glad you feeling better.
debm55
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hlthe2b
(107,493 posts)He was short but very well-proportioned and very athletic! LOL 
Yeah, he was quite the conservative in his later years, but he cut quite the "suave" figure during the years that show was filmed.
debm55
(40,856 posts) kozar
(2,962 posts)From her early shows, to her cooking shows, today
Koz
As , one of us
Koz
debm55
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yourout
(8,207 posts)That poster was quite an inspiration.
kozar
(2,962 posts)As we had share a room, and I was younger, maybe, that's why, I still, to this day, like, brown eyed, brunettes.
Koz
debm55
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Geechie
(979 posts) debm55
(40,856 posts) Ninga
(8,677 posts) debm55
(40,856 posts) ItsjustMe
(11,971 posts)From Lost In Space.
debm55
(40,856 posts) bedazzled
(1,861 posts)Still like him sixty years later!
Billy mumy at the same time
Later, Bobby sherman. He was so cute! What a smile
David was no slouch, either. You have good taste
debm55
(40,856 posts)their pictures.
CanonRay
(15,006 posts)debm55
(40,856 posts) Tiny Tabby
(26 posts)He was Sugarfoot, a western
debm55
(40,856 posts) MichMan
(13,891 posts)debm55
(40,856 posts) MichMan
(13,891 posts)Even though I was only eleven years old
debm55
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ailsagirl
(23,977 posts)I remember reading...
lastlib
(25,139 posts)(joint w/ Phil D.) She signed it in the wrong place, and I had to send it back to them.
The two of them did VERY well that year. Let's just say it was more than seven figures........
Wiz Imp
(3,048 posts)as Barbara Cooper from One Day at a Time & Buddy Lawrence from Family respectively
debm55
(40,856 posts) kozar
(2,962 posts)Was just her tomboy attitude, with her roles.
Koz
Ilikepurple
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GreenWave
(9,847 posts)A close second was Granny from the Beverly Hillbillies.
debm55
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GreenWave
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beaglelover
(4,165 posts)I think it had to do with the hairy chest and incredibly thick mustache!
debm55
(40,856 posts) Ilikepurple
(151 posts)debm55
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marble falls
(62,801 posts)... how are you?
debm55
(40,856 posts) marble falls
(62,801 posts)Wiz Imp
(3,048 posts)She's 10 years younger than me, but from the time that show debuted, I always thought she was the ideal "girl next door".
debm55
(40,856 posts) Goatguy
(16 posts)Linda Carter
debm55
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ArnoldLayne
(2,184 posts)debm55
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iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,670 posts)One of the Monkees.
Marigold
(226 posts)Everyone liked Davey Jones, but Peter Tork was my guy.
debm55
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spooky3
(36,711 posts)Detailed fantasies about Mike Nesmith. 
debm55
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HoosierDebbie
(391 posts)Even before that was Roy Rogers. Later was Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock for many years.
Walleye
(37,144 posts) debm55
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wnylib
(25,183 posts)who had a crush on Johnny Crawford as I read through this thread.
Later, it was Andy Williams (sang Moon River and had a TV show).
https://images.app.goo.gl/9jpQ1conGnggJdvb9
biophile
(544 posts)I totally would have married him ☺️
debm55
(40,856 posts) BlueKota
(3,790 posts)dress out of my closet , put it on, put the veil on my head, and picked flowers outside. When I came back in my Mom asked me what I was doing and I told her I was having a pretend wedding to Davy Jones. She laughed and said, "that's nice, and went back to cleaning.
debm55
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House of Roberts
(5,812 posts)Somewhere in there I liked Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island, Lori Saunders on Petticoat Junction, And Marlo Thomas on That Girl.
Sally Field was and still is my continuous crush from back in her Gidget series.
Karen Valentine on Room 222 was in there also.
I had a lot of crushes while still only having black and white TV to watch them on.
debm55
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KarenS
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Maverick
Johnny Yuma
Rowdy Yates
Kookie
OK, I'll stop
debm55
(40,856 posts) lastlib
(25,139 posts)What a hottie!
LSparkle
(11,884 posts)Emma va va voom with those leather pants and boots!!!
debm55
(40,856 posts) Paladin
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if..fish..had..wings
(842 posts) debm55
(40,856 posts) Ohiya
(2,487 posts)debm55
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(226 posts)debm55
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Chipper Chat
(10,142 posts)From Mickey MOUSE club
SPIN AND MARTY.
https://images.app.goo.gl/aDgPzGQQN224mQuS6
debm55
(40,856 posts) Mabley
& Susie Cowsill
debm55
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cloudbase
(5,852 posts)and Elizabeth Montgomery.
debm55
(40,856 posts) Jrose
(1,389 posts)debm55
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JPPaverage
(581 posts)I Dream of Jeannie. And i liked Mary Ann on Gilligans Island.
debm55
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emulatorloo
(45,709 posts)Also liked Samantha on “Bewitched.’’
debm55
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Pinback
(12,942 posts)doc03
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Shermann
(8,770 posts)It would have to be a threesome.
debm55
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no_hypocrisy
(49,723 posts)debm55
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WalkerinSC
(268 posts)Wilma Deering on Buck Rogers. Now there is a show that deserves a BSG style reboot.
debm55
(40,856 posts) PedroXimenez
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debm55
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JenniferJuniper
(4,552 posts)debm55
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Diamond_Dog
(35,624 posts)I’m so old!!!
I even married a man who looked like him when he was young. 🙂
debm55
(40,856 posts) Wicked Blue
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displacedvermoter
(3,403 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 15, 2024, 09:40 AM - Edit history (1)
Dawn Wells
debm55
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hunter
(39,180 posts)I didn't know any real-world girls or women who were interested in radios and computers, and none who'd listen to me ramble on about telephone networks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyota_Uhura
I dreamed of flying away with her.
In college I did meet an engineer who was interested in radios and computers, and I did fly away with her, but that relationship ended in bloody catastrophe, mostly my blood smeared across a street in Berkeley after I jumped out of her moving car.
Some dreams don't turn out as we expect them to.
debm55
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hunter
(39,180 posts)I followed her when she was accepted to graduate school in another state and we've been together since.
I'm still a computer and radio nerd, but I changed my major from Engineering to Biology after my second year of college. Biology fascinated me too. Engineering would have been the more lucrative course of study but then I wouldn't have met my wife!
My wife's not a computer or radio nerd, she's a more general math and science enthusiast. On the Star Trek Enterprise she'd be working with Spock and McCoy.
debm55
(40,856 posts) IbogaProject
(3,973 posts)I guess I liked Marcia Brady and later there was a single season of Téa Leoni in 92 called Flying Blind and I had a brief crush on her then. I never really got that way about those in the media, I preferred to crush on those I knew in real life, LOL.
debm55
(40,856 posts)husband looks nothing like David Cassidy.
Mr.Bill
(24,905 posts)I didn't like the show very much, because I had kind of outgrown sitcoms at that time. I remember being in my 30s in the 80s and getting up early to watch reruns of that show just to see her. Still like her today.
debm55
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Xipe Totec
(44,181 posts)Elizabeth Montgomery had me idiotized. And I was just 8.
debm55
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applegrove
(124,087 posts)debm55
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The Blue Flower
(5,668 posts)Later, capt Kirk and spock
debm55
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calguy
(5,813 posts)Mickey Mouse Club calendar gir
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debm55
(40,856 posts) RB77
(25 posts)For some reason her demeanor really fired up my synapses and got my endorphins flapping. 🤓
debm55
(40,856 posts) macwriter
(228 posts)debm55
(40,856 posts) LogDog75
(259 posts)Barbara Feldon from Get Smart
Jan Smithers from WKRP in Cincinnati
Catherine Bach from The Dukes of Hazard
Cathy Lee Crosby from That's Incredible!
debm55
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4TheArts
(127 posts)played by Tuesday Weld, in The many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
debm55
(40,856 posts) MoonlightHillFarm
(61 posts)Mine was Tony Dow, the older brother on Leave it to Beaver. I was about 10.
debm55
(40,856 posts) Hotler
(12,558 posts)My first older women.
debm55
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woodsprite
(12,278 posts)Randy Mantooth (Emergency!)
Edward Mulhare (The Ghost and Mrs Muir)
Brett Hudson (The Hudson Brothers)
Bobby Sherman
(Here Come the Brides and Getting Together)
Honorable mention for a movie star goes to:
Gene Kelly
Yul Brynner
I had commitment issues 😂
debm55
(40,856 posts) 3catwoman3
(25,973 posts)And next would have been Spock. I have always found intelligence very attractive and sexy. I used to fantasize about being the one human woman who would be able to break thru Spock's 7 year pon farr cycle -
debm55
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happybird
(5,303 posts)and Luke Perry on 90210 (Dylan McKay)
debm55
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MustLoveBeagles
(12,836 posts)debm55
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Hope22
(3,382 posts)Does that make me a nerd? Stayed up late during High School because that was the only peaceful time in the house!😂🤣😁😂🤣😁🥰
debm55
(40,856 posts) Hope22
(3,382 posts)Gets me every time!😂🤣😁
Montauk6
(8,807 posts)I thought she was hotter than Carol, real talk.
debm55
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Groundhawg
(1,077 posts)debm55
(40,856 posts) The Wandering Harper
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debm55
(40,856 posts) LudwigPastorius
(11,405 posts)So cute...so wholesome...
debm55
(40,856 posts) BlueKota
(3,790 posts)and David Cassidy. In my teens and early twenties Rick Springfield(still a fan.) I admit I never grew out of crushing on handsome celebs. My most recent are cougar crushes on Julian McMahon and Colin O'Donoghue. Don't know whether it's my Irish roots but I have always been particularly fond of the black Irish type, with the black hair and blue eyes like Pierce Brosnan in his Remington Steele days
debm55
(40,856 posts) BlueKota
(3,790 posts)Gorgeous smile.
debm55
(40,856 posts) wryter2000
(47,659 posts) debm55
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jfz9580m
(15,584 posts)The Truth is Out There!
debm55
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AwakeAtLast
(14,278 posts)Randolph Mantooth
debm55
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Emile
(31,785 posts)on Beverly Hillbillies
debm55
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some_of_us_are_sane
(489 posts)I wanted one of the "Ben Casey shirts". They were all the rage at the time. He always kept those top buttons undone with the flap handing down.
(My mother ended up buying one WITH RUFFLES trim! LOL!!! I wore it anyway.)
debm55
(40,856 posts) catbyte
(36,187 posts)Hey, I was 9.
By the time I was a teenager, I was too "cool" for TV crushes. I had a crush on George Harrison.
debm55
(40,856 posts) relayerbob
(7,082 posts)Well and catwoman, lol
debm55
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cspanlovr
(1,475 posts)I used to watch Here Come the Brides just to see him.
debm55
(40,856 posts) MiKenMi33
(175 posts)He was sooo handsome.
debm55
(40,856 posts) Bobstandard
(1,779 posts)Most of you kids will have to Google that.
debm55
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Different Drummer
(8,929 posts)Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch)
Susan Dey (The Partridge Family)
Connie Hines (Mr. Ed)
Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island)
Yvonne Craig (Batman)
Judy Strangis (Room 222/Electra Woman and Dyna Girl)
Farrah Fawcett (Charlie's Angels)
Adrienne Barbeau (Maude)
Sally Struthers (All in the Family)
Kari Michaelsen (Gimme a Break)
Judy Landers (Madam's Place/various other programs)
Teri Copley (We Got It Made/various other programs/movies)
Mary Page Keller (Another World/various other programs)
Kristina Wagner (General Hospital)
Heather Thomas (The Fall Guy)
I don't think I forgot any, but I might have.
debm55
(40,856 posts) Different Drummer
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(40,856 posts) dhol82
(9,473 posts)Tales of the South Pacific.
Had a map of the world on my bedroom wall with the Pacific Ocean highlighted.
Swore that I would wander there. Curiously, that’s one of the few areas I have not explored.
Oops, title of the show was Adventures in Paradise. It was supposedly based on the Michener book, but so very loosely that is wasn’t. It still had great video of sailing the South Pacific.
debm55
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defacto7
(13,745 posts)Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer on that old once a year TV special w/ Burl Ives.
Yeah. I know. I was weird.
6 or 7 yo?
debm55
(40,856 posts) Hassler
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soldierant
(8,122 posts)which probably shows how old i am. He was not a regular on any series so I had to chase hom around, and the characters he played were often not the nicest.
One Thanksgining with I was in the military far from home, I had the goo fortune to be invited to a family's dinner, and another guest happend to be a Broadway tech worker. Much of Weaver's work was on BRadway and I shy;y confessed my crush. She told me I had good taste - that IRL he was one of the nicest people one could ever hope to meet. One of my treasured moments.
I used to have (may still have - I still have a lot of vinyl) the original cast recording of "Sherlock Holmes" on Broadway in which he played Holmes. Conan Doyle, I suspect, would have hated it, but he didn't have a crush.
debm55
(40,856 posts) soldierant
(8,122 posts)BTW, my age still shows - the actuak title of that Broadway musical was "Baker Street. Lsrgely played for laughs - Moriaity sang abou getting rid of "the stately Holmes of England," for instance.
I just looked it up on Wkikpedia to check my mamory, and all the principals are now dead except the kid who played "Wiggins" (the head of the "Baker Street irregulars, a young boy.)
red dog 1
(29,770 posts)She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series (The Mod Squad)
debm55
(40,856 posts) electric_blue68
(19,509 posts)And while i didn't have any crushes; I loved Mod Squad.
debm55
(40,856 posts) ailsagirl
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malthaussen
(17,840 posts)Virtually every woman on TV from about 1961-1970, I'd say. I wasn't particular.
Standouts in no particular order:
Shelley Fabares
Carol Merrill
Angela Cartwright
Grace Lee Whitney
Bridget Hanley
Karen Valentine
Barbara Eden
Lori Saunders
However, Elizabeth Montgomery left me cold for some reason.
-- Mal
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TommieMommy
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TlalocW
(15,632 posts)I half-kiddingly joke that she was one of the main reasons one of my degrees was Spanish.
debm55
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surfered
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subterranean
(3,555 posts)At the time, I didn't realize it was Elizabeth Montgomery with a black wig and makeup. I thought there was a real actress named Pandora Spocks!
debm55
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